---
kind: "unit"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands: Interior"
key: "subtB/chII/subchC/part3280/subpart3282"
level: "subpart"
label: "Subpart 3282"
heading: "Participating Area"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/subtB-chII-subchC-part3280-subpart3282"
sections_count: 12
---

# Subpart 3282 — Participating Area

Title 43 C.F.R. — Public Lands: Interior › Subtitle B — Regulations Relating to Public Lands › Chapter II — Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior › Subchapter C — Minerals Management (3000) › Part 3280 — Geothermal Resources Unit Agreements

## Sections

- [§3282.1. What is a participating area?](/cfr/43/3282.1.md)
- [§3282.2. When must the unit operator have a participating area approved?](/cfr/43/3282.2.md)
- [§3282.3. When must the unit operator submit an application for BLM approval of a proposed initial participating area?](/cfr/43/3282.3.md)
- [§3282.4. What general information must the unit operator submit with a proposed participating area application?](/cfr/43/3282.4.md)
- [§3282.5. What technical information must the unit operator submit with a proposed participating area application?](/cfr/43/3282.5.md)
- [§3282.6. When must the unit operator propose to revise a participating area boundary?](/cfr/43/3282.6.md)
- [§3282.7. What is the effective date of an initial participating area or revision of an existing participating area?](/cfr/43/3282.7.md)
- [§3282.8. What are the reasons BLM would not approve a revision of the participating area boundary?](/cfr/43/3282.8.md)
- [§3282.9. How is production allocated within a participating area?](/cfr/43/3282.9.md)
- [§3282.10. When will unleased Federal lands in a participating area receive a production allocation?](/cfr/43/3282.10.md)
- [§3282.11. May a participating area continue if there is intermittent unit production?](/cfr/43/3282.11.md)
- [§3282.12. When does a participating area terminate?](/cfr/43/3282.12.md)